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George Duff
(28 Jul 1926 - 2 Mar 2001)
Canadian mathematician who studied the mathematical problems of tidal energy, for example in a paper, 'Tidal Resonance and Tidal Barriers in the Bay of Fundy System' (1970). He applied the mathematics of partial differential equations.
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Science Quotes by George Duff (1 quote)
Laplace’s equation is the most famous and most universal of all partial differential equations. No other single equation has so many deep and diverse mathematical relationships and physical applications.
— George Duff
In G.F.D. Duff and D. Naylor (co-authors), Differential Equations of Applied Mathematics (1966), 133.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
(1987) -- 
